10 Iconic Writers on Coffee

Warm weather be damned, a hot cup of coffee is good for any and all occasions. To celebrate the world's most precious natural asset, we've uncovered ten quotes to warm your mind as your morning cup warms your soul.

And, yes, the irony that none of the writers are actually drinking coffee in these photos isn't lost on us.

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4. “It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old water-proof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.” — Ernest Hemingway

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6. “Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the 'good life', whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.” — Hunter S. Thompson